Paper Storage Box Capable of Dispensing Paper Without User Contact

ABSTRACT

A paper storage box capable of dispensing paper without requiring a user to contact the paper includes a housing, a pickup roller installed in the housing in a rotatable manner, a protection plate installed on the housing above the pickup roller, an elastic device installed on the protection plate facing the pickup roller, a driving device installed outside the housing for driving the pickup roller, a paper outlet installed on the housing corresponding to the pickup roller, and a paper inlet installed on the housing facing the paper outlet.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the Invention

The present invention provides a paper storage box, and moreparticularly, a paper storage box capable of dispensing paper withoutrequiring the user to contact the paper.

2. Description of the Prior Art

Name cards are little cards illustrating succinct personal information,and are made of paper, plastic, etc. A user can store the name cards ina cardcase or a wallet. When taking out the name cards, the user opensthe cardcase or the wallet to draw out a name card. Obviously, whiledoing this, it is easy to leave the user's fingerprint on the name card,especially when the name card is made of photo paper.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

It is therefore a primary objective of the claimed invention to providea paper storage box capable of dispensing paper without requiring theuser to contact the paper.

An exemplary embodiment of a paper storage box capable of dispensingpaper without requiring the user to contact the paper comprises ahousing, a pickup roller installed in the housing in a rotatable manner,a protection plate installed on the housing above the pickup roller, anelastic device installed on the protection plate facing the pickuproller, a driving device installed outside the housing for driving thepickup roller, a paper outlet installed on the housing corresponding tothe pickup roller, and a paper inlet installed on the housing facing thepaper outlet.

These and other objectives of the present invention will no doubt becomeobvious to those of ordinary skill in the art after reading thefollowing detailed description of the preferred embodiment that isillustrated in the various figures and drawings.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 illustrates an external diagram of a paper storage box capable ofdispensing paper without requiring the user to contact the paper inaccordance with the present invention.

FIG. 2 illustrates an internal diagram of the paper storage box shown inFIG. 1.

FIG. 3 illustrates a front view diagram of the paper storage box shownin FIG. 1.

FIG. 4 illustrates a fabricating diagram of the paper storage box shownin FIG. 1.

FIG. 5 illustrates a schematic diagram of a driving device of the paperstorage box shown in FIG. 1.

FIG. 6 illustrates a schematic diagram of the paper storage box shown inFIG. 1 fabricated with a driving device.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Please refer to FIG. 1 to FIG. 4. FIG. 1 illustrates an external diagramof a paper storage box 10 capable of dispensing paper without requiringthe user to contact the paper in accordance with the present invention.FIG. 2 illustrates an internal diagram of the paper storage box 10. FIG.3 illustrates a front view diagram of the paper storage box 10. FIG. 4illustrates a fabricating diagram of the paper storage box 10. The paperstorage box 10 preferably includes a housing 100, a pickup roller 102, aprotection plate 104, an elastic device 106, a driving device 108, apaper outlet 110, a paper inlet 112, a low-friction plan 114, andbearing rollers 116, 118, 120, 122, and 124.

The pickup roller 102 and the bearing rollers 116, 118, 120, 122, and124 are covered by rubber material, and installed in the housing 100 ina in a rotatable manner. The pickup roller 102 is drived by the drivingdevice 108. The protection plate 104 is installed on the housing 100above the pickup roller 102 and the bearing rollers 116, 118, 120, 122,and 124. The elastic device 106 is installed on the protection plate 104facing the pickup roller 102, utilized for pressing down, and can beleaf springs. The low-friction plan 114 is installed between the elasticdevice 106 and a group of the pickup roller 102 and the bearing rollers116, 118, 120, 122, and 124. Therefore, a paper storing space 126 isformed between the low-friction plan 114 and the bearing rollers 116,118, 120, 122, and 124. The front and rear of the paper storing space126 correspond to the paper outlet 110 and the paper inlet 112. Thepaper storing space 126 is pressed by the elastic device 106, so thatpaper stored in the paper storing space 126 closely contacts the pickuproller 102 and the bearing rollers 116, 118, 120, 122, and 124. A usercan rotate a wheel of the driving device 108 to rotate the pickup roller102, so as to send out paper stored in the paper storing space 126 fromthe paper outlet 110. As to a structure of the driving device 108,please refer to FIG. 5. The driving device 108 includes a housing 200, aworm gear 202, a worm wheel 204, a wheel 206, a belt 208, and beltpulleys 210 and 212. As shown in FIG. 5, one end of the worm gear 202 isinstalled in the housing 200 in a rotatable manner, and another end canbuckle to an axis of the pickup roller 102. Therefore, when rotating thewheel 206, the belt pulley 212 drive the belt 208 forward or back, so asto rotate the worm wheel 204, to rotate the worm gear 202, and to drivethe pickup roller 102.

Therefore, the user can insert paper into the paper storing space 126through the paper inlet 112, or open the protection plate 104 and thelow-friction plan 114, and put paper into the paper storing space 126.After the low-friction plan 114 and the protection plate 104 are closed,paper stored in the paper storing space 126 closely contacts the pickuproller 102 and the bearing rollers 116, 118, 120, 122, and 124. The usercan rotate the wheel 206 to rotate the pickup roller 102, so as to drawout a piece of paper from the paper outlet 110. Therefore, the user candraw out paper stored in the paper storing space 126 without touchingthe paper, and the user's fingerprint will not stain the paper. In otherwords, when taking a name card from the paper storage box 10, the usercan rotate the wheel 206, and the paper storage box 10 sends out thename card from the paper outlet 110, so that the name card is notstained by the user's fingerprint.

FIG. 4 shows fabricating of the paper storage box 10. Those skilled inthe art can replace the driving device 108 with other structures. Forexample, in FIG. 6, a wheel 600 is utilized for implementing functionsof the driving device 108, and can be rotated to drive the pickup roller102.

In summary, paper stored in the paper storage box 10 can be drawn outwithout requiring the user to contact the paper, so that name cards madeof photo paper can be carried cleanly. Moreover, those skilled in theart can change the size of the paper storage box 10 to match a portableprinter, so as to print name cards, or little cards on the go.

Those skilled in the art will readily observe that numerousmodifications and alterations of the device and method may be made whileretaining the teachings of the invention. Accordingly, the abovedisclosure should be construed as limited only by the metes and boundsof the appended claims.

1. A paper storage box capable of dispensing paper without requiring auser to contact the paper comprising: a housing; a pickup rollerinstalled in the housing in a rotatable manner; a protection plateinstalled on the housing above the pickup roller; an elastic deviceinstalled on the protection plate facing the pickup roller; a drivingdevice installed outside the housing for driving the pickup roller; apaper outlet installed on the housing corresponding to the pickuproller; and a paper inlet installed on the housing facing the paperoutlet.
 2. The paper storage box of claim 1 further comprising alow-friction plate installed between the elastic device and the pickuproller.
 3. The paper storage box of claim 1 further comprising aplurality of bearing rollers installed in the housing in a rotatablemanner and parallel to the pickup roller.
 4. The paper storage box ofclaim 3, wherein the plurality of bearing rollers are covered by rubbermaterial.
 5. The paper storage box of claim 1, wherein the drivingdevice includes a wheel.
 6. The paper storage box of claim 5, a diameterof the wheel is larger than a diameter of the pickup roller.
 7. Thepaper storage box of claim 1, wherein the pickup roller is covered byrubber material.
 8. The paper storage box of claim 1, wherein thedriving device comprises: a worm gear having one end installed in thehousing in a rotatable manner and another end capable of buckling to anaxis of the pickup roller; a worm wheel installed in the housing in arotatable manner and engaged with the worm gear; a wheel installed inthe housing in a rotatable manner and parallel to the worm wheel, thewheel partially protruding from the housing; and a belt encircling thewheel and the worm wheel.
 9. The paper storage box of claim 8, whereinthe driving device further comprises a first belt pulley installed onthe worm wheel, and a second belt pulley installed on the wheel.